Quote Originally Posted by jp1 View Post
Your comparison of the problem of mass murderers to DUI gives me hope. Just as society has moved from considering drunk driving as a routine part of life (I'm old enough to remember comedians making jokes about it) to most people finding it to be an unacceptable behavior with corresponding changes in how it's treated legally, hopefully one day we'll move from an attitude of "guns don't kill people so there's really nothing we can or should do to try and stop this problem" to one where even responsible gun owners will be interested in finding a solution.
Wrell, not exactly. First, gun owners are interested in finding a solution now and it's really kind of silly to say otherwise. What we don't want is stupid rules that infringe on a right without any appreciable benefit. Not everyone thinks the solution to obesity is to make it illegal to buy a Big Gulp. Second, the cultural change you are looking for may be quite dissimilar to the shift on DUI. The response to DUI was to make drinking and driving socially unacceptable and enforcing strict penalties. I would say the response to gun crimes needs to be split as well, but in addition to penalty enforcement society may need to be more permissive or attentive to the conditions that lead to the bad acts and not just ostracize those that are at risk of committing the crimes.